{"id":7227,"date":"2017-12-08T17:04:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T17:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7227"},"modified":"2017-12-08T17:04:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T17:04:59","slug":"dyke-intrusion-in-oraefajokull-volcano-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/?p=7227","title":{"rendered":"Dyke intrusion in \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent measurement of <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=374010\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull<\/a> volcano have confirmed a dyke intrusion, the dyke intrusion is located in south part of \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano and that area is showing inflation. At the moment the amount of magma is now estimated at being close to the total of what erupted in 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull volcano. At the moment the dyke is at depth of 2 &#8211; 6 km and that explains current hydrothermal activity in \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano and why it is increasing. How long this is going to go on is not known at the moment. \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano is a stratovolcano with everything that comes with it (information about this type of voclano can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stratovolcano\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/volcano.oregonstate.edu\/stratovolcanoes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/171208_1525.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/171208_1525.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"596\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/171208_1525.png 540w, https:\/\/icelandgeology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/171208_1525-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe earthquake activity in \u00d6rf\u00e6aj\u00f6kull volcano for the last 48 hours. <em>Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last week total of 160 earthquakes where recorded in \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano and that is a first time record for \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano having this many earthquakes since recording of earthquakes started in \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano (~1995?). Earthquake activity seems to be stable at the moment, when that changes is impossible to know at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web cameras<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are now two web cameras. The websites are based on non-dynamic folder settings so this links are going to expire rather quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brunnur.vedur.is\/myndir\/webcam\/2017\/12\/08\/webcam_fagurholsmyri.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fagurh\u00f3lsm\u00fdri web camera<\/a> (only valid for now)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brunnur.vedur.is\/myndir\/webcam\/2017\/12\/08\/webcam_virkisa.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Web camera bridge<\/a> (only valid for now)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please remember to support my work with donations. It helps me greatly. Thanks for the support. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent measurement of \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano have confirmed a dyke intrusion, the dyke intrusion is located in south part of \u00d6r\u00e6faj\u00f6kull volcano and that area is showing inflation. At the moment the amount of magma is now estimated at being close to the total of what erupted in 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull volcano. 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